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ViewsThursday, January 02, 2020The Last Decade Brought the Conflict to the U.S., and That Is ProgressAny review of the last decade in US foreign policy in Israel and Palestine has to begin with the negatives. Trump has only heightened the bias of the last administration, and made things worse by tearing up the Iran deal and giving a green light to annexation. Israel has continued human rights...Read more

ViewsMonday, August 19, 2019Political Upheaval Over Tlaib and Omar Shows the Power of BDSWe are in the middle of a political upheaval on Israel/Palestine in the United States, and Americans who are concerned with Palestinian human rights live for these moments. They are the moments of potential change: When more tarnish is added to Israel’s image, and Americans get a clearer picture of...Read more

ViewsFriday, April 20, 2018Natalie Portman Says, Enough!The Gaza killings have hurt Israel’s image in the world, and tonight the damage got even bigger. In an astonishing move, the Israeli-American film star Natalie Portman, 36, informed an Israeli foundation she would not show up at the awards ceremony for Israel’s equivalent of the Nobel Prize,...Read more

ViewsSunday, August 24, 2014Hillary Clinton Just Lost the White House in Gaza Famously, Hillary Clinton lost her bid to be president in 2008 six years before the election, when she cast a vote for the Iraq war. Barack Obama, who’d been against that war as a nobody state senator in Illinois, was able to run to her left in appealing to the Democratic Party base, and win the...Read more

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